Word: anguish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Then came this present conflict, and with it casualty lists containing names with less historical interest for us. Our friends and our kin have spilled their blood in France. Our pain and anguish is now personal; it is our very own. The lists have been growing and growing until the number of Harvard men who have given their lives has swelled to eighty. And thus we find that Memorial Day has a meaning for us after all, that its purpose is a splendid one, that we welcome this occasion to hold corporate honor for all our brave defenders, but especially...
There have been wars before, and brave men have died before. There has been disaster for those who fought, and anguish for those who remained. There has been defeat, and victory which is sometimes worth less than defeat...
...problem of choosing a vocation, which is the subject of an editorial in the current Advocate, probably presses upon the serious undergraduate more persistently and causes more mental anguish than any other question. There are some men, no doubt, who enter college with a permanent interest in some definite field. Most students, however, come to the University with no strong preference for any definite pursuit. The intellectual stirring which they receive in their Freshman year destroys their preconceived ideas. And henceforth they suffer most from a lack of knowledge, not only of the nature of various occupations, but also...
...trial visit to a course in the spring will save many men a lot of mental anguish in the fall...